Iran, who won the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ Thailand 2025 title last week, were drawn in Group B and will also face two-time champions Portugal and Paraguay, with all three teams in the top 12 of the FIFA Futsal World Ranking.

Seeking the world title for the first time after finishing third in the previous two editions, record four-time AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup winners Iran will meet debutants Mauritania on May 1, followed by Paraguay two days later and Portugal on May 5.

Oman, the Thailand 2025 runners-up, face a tough tournament after being drawn together with the two teams who contested the final of the last edition.

They will open their Group D campaign against 2024 runners-up Italy on May 2 with CONCACAF champions El Salvador to follow two days later.

Defending champions Brazil will be their final group stage opponents on May 6, with Oman having lost to the South Americans in 2021 and 2024, though they gave them a strict examination in a 5-3 loss in the latter.

Japan, runners-up in 2021, will fancy their chances of advancing to the quarter-finals from Group A.

The three-time Asian champions kick off their campaign against Guatemala on May 1 with Belarus, who finished fourth in 2024, to follow two days later. They conclude their group stage fixtures against hosts Seychelles on May 5.

The top two sides from the four groups will advance to the knockout stage with the final to be played on May 11.